Arthur S. Alexion on Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:51:05 -0400


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Re: CD ripping (was: Re: [PLUG] un-upgrade in debian)


On Monday 16 September 2002 08:29 pm, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 08:15:47PM -0400, Arthur S. Alexion wrote:
> > I'm afraid to have it running - hdd and cd spinning and all -- the
> > way I drive ------ i.e. when the car is moving.
>
> Heh. Either you drive more recklessly than I, which I sincerely
> doubt, or you paid way more for your laptop than I did. :^>

I'm going to guess and say "both".  the stuff regularly on my passenger 
seat (cell phone, palm pilot, a couple of files, cigars and related 
"equipment") rarely stay on the seat and off the floor for an entire 
trip.  I can't tell you how many times my cd player has ended up 
getting squished under a pedal (which is why I don't use it in the car 
anymore).

As for laptops, I paid close to $4000 for my Toshiba 5100 (used) in 
1991, and about $2700 for my Gateway Colorbook in 1994.  (both came 
with very nice leather cases, though ;^))  I've gone the desktop/zip 
disk/palm pilot route since then.
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